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Top Manga Properties in 2008 - Rankings and Circulation Data

Oricon, a company that originally ranked music sales (think Japanese Billboard), but nowadays ranks almost everything related to Japanese entertainment, has released the 2008 annual sales data on various types of media, including 2008 manga rankings.

*Data collected between the period of January 7, 2008 to November 24, 2008.

2008 Top 50 Ranking

Rank

Title (Volume #)

Circulation

1

One Piece (50)

1,678,208

2

One Piece (51)

1,646,978

3

Nana 19)

1,645,128

4

One Piece (49)

1,544,000

5

Nana 20)

1,431,335

6

Nodame Cantabile (20)

1,209,551

7

Nodame Cantabile (21)

1,205,037

8

Naruto (43)

1,188,881

9

Naruto (42)

1,092,295

10

Fullmetal Alchemist (19)

1,081,575

11

Fullmetal Alchemist (20)

1,032,637

12

Bleach (34)

874,153

13

Hunter X Hunter (25)

863,240

14

Hunter X Hunter (26)

837,714

15

Hana Yori Dango (37)

815,648

16

Naruto (44)

812,612

17

Bleach (33)

802,692

18

Bleach (35)

761,802

19

Naruto (41)

707,447

20

Kimi ni Todoke (7)

649,089

21

Kimi ni Todoke (6)

636,176

22

D.Gray-man (15)

632,495

23

Pluto (6)

631,968

24

Vagabond (28)

630,147

25

Detective Conan (61)

626,445

26

Kateikyo Hitman Reborn! (20)

613,934

27

D.Gray-man (14)

596,850

28

Detective Conan (62)

590,947

29

Kateikyo Hitman Reborn! (19)

584,411

30

D.Gray-man (16)

578,669

31

Kateikyo Hitman Reborn! (21)

534,739

32

Ookiku Furikabutte (10)

534,624

33

Kuroshitsuji (4)

529,210

34

Gintama (24)

524,031

35

Bleach (32)

519,631

36

Ouran High School Host Club (12)

513,007

37

Ouran High School Host Club (13)

496,388

38

Gintama (23)

485,816

39

Kuroshitsuji (5)

468,550

40

Real (8)

453,193

41

Gintama (25)

453,112

42

Yotsuba&! (8)

452,793

43

XXXHOLiC (13)

451,942

44

Detroit Metal City (5)

432,563

45

Detective Conan (63)

429,857

46

Saint Oniisan (2)

428,611

47

Ookiku Furikabutte (11)

426,470

48

Saint Oniisan (1)

424,821

49

Kateikyo Hitman Reborn! (22)

402,194

50

Detroit Metal City (6)

393,068

Oricon also surveyed Japanese male and female readers between the age of 10 to 40 for their Most Interesting Manga of 2008, and the top response was One Piece, followed by Nodame Cantabile and Nana:

One Piece (Vol.49-52), Approval rating: 45.9%</li>

Nodame Cantabile (Vol.20-21), Approval rating: 38.8%

Nana (Vol.19-20), Approval rating: 32.5%

Naruto (Vol.41-44), Approval rating: 23.6%

Hunter X Hunter (Vol.25-26), Approval rating: 23.1%

Bleach (Vol.32-36), Approval rating: 18.8%

Kuroshitsuji (Vol.4-5), Approval rating: 17.0%

Kimi ni Todoke (Vol.6-8), Approval rating: 15.5%

Saint Oniisan (Vol.1-2), Approval rating: 11.2%

Back in the U.S., ICv2 has posted its "Top 25 Manga Properties," which corresponds to sales in September, October and the first two weeks of November, 2008. According to ICv2, the chart is based on "interviews with retailers and distributors, information provided by Nielsen BookScan of graphic novels sold in bookstores, and ICv2???s own analysis of information provided by Diamond Comic Distributors on graphic novel sales in comic stores."

Looking at the above rankings, a majority of the listed manga comes from Shuiesha's Shounen Jump. It's been another year since the last "Shounen Jump Manga Circulation Numbers" was posted, below is the newest sales numbers of manga serialized in Shonen Jump, compiled by 2ch Jump Log Warehouse.

Currently Serialized in Jump

Title (Volumes)

Circulation

Latest 1st Edition vol. Sales

One Piece (1-48)

140,000,000

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Kochikame (1-153)

137,000,000

vol. 153 - 360,000

Naruto (1-44 + related books)

89,000,000

vol. 41 - 1,500,000

Bleach (1-34)

50,000,000

vol. 31 - 1,310,000

Hunter X Hunter (1-24)

46,000,000

vol. 25 - 1,520,000

Gintama (1-25)

22,000,000

vol. 22 - 650,000

Eyeshield 21 (1-26)

16,50,000

vol. 24 - 510,000

Katekyo Hitman Reborn! (1-20)

15,000,000

vol.18 - 620,000

D.Gray-man (1-15)

14,000,000

vol. 13 - 700,000

Pyu to Fuku! Jaguar (1-14)

7,000,000

vol. 13 - 320,000

To Love-Ru

4,000,000

-

Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro (1-15)

3,500,000

-

Nurarihyon no Mago

400,000

-

All-Time Best Selling Jump Series

Title

vol. & Status

Circulation

Dragon Ball

42 complete

150,000,000

One Piece

1 - 48

140,000,000

Kochikame

1 - 153

137,000,000

Slam Dunk

31 complete

114,000,000

Naruto

1 - 44 + related books

89,000,000

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

Series ongoing

47,000,000 - 70,000,000

Fist of the North Star

27 complete

47,000,000 - 60,000,000

Kinnikuman

36 complete

53,000,000

Captain Tsubasa

37 complete + 18 ongoing

52,000,000

Rurouni Kenshin

28 complete

51,000,000

Bleach

1 - 34

50,000,000

Rokudenashi Blues

42 complete

50,000,000

Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken

37 complete

30,000,000 - 50,000,000

Hunter X Hunter

1 - 24

46,000,000

Yu Yu Hakusho

19 complete

44,000,000

The Prince of Tennis

42 complete

42,000,000

Dr. Slump

18 complete

35,000,000

City Hunter

35 complete

35,000,000

Bastard!!

1 - 23

30,000,000

Cobra

entire series

20,000,000 - 30,000,000

Yu-Gi-Oh!

1 - 36

27,000,000

Death Note

12 complete

26,500,000

Sakigake!! Otokojuku

34 complete

26,000,000

Saint Seiya

28 complete

25,000,000

Hikaru no Go

23 complete

23,000,000

Gintama

1 - 25

22,000,000

Shaman King

32 complete

22,000,000

Kimagure Orange Road

18 complete

20,000,000

Hell Teacher Nube

31 complete

20,000,000

Cat's Eye

18 complete

18,000,000

Hana no Keiji

18 complete

17,000,000

Rookie

24 complete

17,000,000

Eyeshield 21

1 - 26

16,500,000

Katekyo Hitman Reborn!

1 - 20

15,000,000

Toilet Hakase

30 complete

15,000,000

D.Gray-man

1 - 15

14,000,000

Houshin Engi

15 complete

13,300,000

Play Ball

22 complete

13,000,000

Ring ni Kakero

25 complete

13,000,000

Magical Taruruuto-kun

21 complete

12,600,000

Black Cat

20 complete

12,000,000

Circuit no Ookami

1 - 13?

11,000,000

Barefoot Gen

10 complete

10,000,000

I''s

15 complete

10,000,000

Ginga Nagareboshi Gin

18 complete

10,000,000

High School! Kimengumi

20 complete

10,000,000

*Includes Bunkoban (smaller than normal tankobon and higher quality) and Kanzenban (Perfect or Complete Edition) and other compilation volumes.
*All numbers are from sales in Japan only (counting sales in other countries, Dragon Ball would be 300,000,000+, Fist of the North Star would be 100,000,000+, and so on)

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I just wanted to thanks all of you about the informations found on the site..... I Love One Piece and I'm sure that in the next few years it will be the number one best selling manga on the All-Time Best Selling Jump Series......

This is good, thi manga is awesome, it surely deserves the place. It even is above Hikaru no go and Death note (two of my favorites along with Dai No Daibouken).
If you ever have the chance, read it, it's good stuff